So I get aphasia with sleep deprivation. I get word finding difficulty, paraphasic errors, and number dyslexia. The numbers are the worst (I cannot do phone numbers or health care numbers, have to have it dictated super slowly) with lack of sleep. The aphasia worsens by end of day. I switch to my native language with much more ease than, say 10 years ago (I've been in Canada for ages). I also get receptive aphasia (in English) when I'm really bad. Of course, residency is excellent for sleep deprivation.

I also get ataxic, I drop things (not myoclonus), lose short term AND long term memory, and I haven't been able to do arithmetic in my head for a couple years now (was math champion in school).

So yeah... Sleep deprivation is really bad, but I can never seem to catch up :(

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